Breaking Off The Engagement… Bring It On! Chapter 161

The Northern Country 8

Just like that, the day of the party sponsored by the royal family came.
First of all, there's something I want to say loud.

"Why is this dress so revealing!?"

The dress I and Ange-san are wearing right now is what granduncle prepared.
Of course the size is right, but there's another problem.
Why is my back perfectly exposed?
The skirt also has a deep cut…
Honestly, I'm surprised to be wearing it.

"Lillinoneesama, it suits you perfectly! But, you're going to a place full of men called a party, it's like throwing a baby rabbit to a den of demons… To begin with, can Allen endure?"

Ange-san is concerned about me more than herself.
Thank you very much, I think you're also worthy of worry, Ange-san.

"Fufu, both of you can rest a.s.sured, they suit you greatly. Moreover, wouldn't you stand out more going to a party in your usual dresses? In the Northern Country, a standard dress is this revealing."

Grandmother is also wearing a lovely dress that perfectly exposes her back.
What's with this peculiarity of the Northern Country…
I and Ange-san are unconvinced, but following grandmother's words, we decided to partic.i.p.ate in the party in these dresses.
Going out like that to the men who are waiting for us to change is a little… no, quite embarra.s.sing.

We, well, grandmother seemed to have no need for it, decided to gather courage to enter the room where men are waiting.

"Hiie!"

No, that's not what you should say, Allen-kun.
Allen-kun, who saw us enter, let out a short shriek.
By the way, Sasuke-san's eyes are wide open, he seemed to tightly purse his lips to prevent his voice from leaking out.
Grandfather, granduncle, and Lute-sama are acting exceedingly normal.

"Oh, they look good on you. Sizes also seem alright, I'm relieved."

"Yeah, thank you, Lucian."

I can feel gentle gazes of grandmother and granduncle in the midst of their conversation.
Turning around, the gaze is averted with an amazing vigor.
Of course, the gaze on the other side is Allen-kun's.
Looking at Allen-kun's face, it's bright red like I've never seen before.
Yeah, I understand, I'm also embarra.s.sed.
During this, Lute-sama approached.

"Lillinsama, Miss Ange, they suit you perfectly… Yep yep."

Lute-sama complimented us but… why is he nodding looking at our backs?
Lute-sama is watching our backs as if it's natural.
No, even if you look at it like it's normal, what's embarra.s.sing is embarra.s.sing.

"Umm, Lute-sama, as expected, it's embarra.s.sing if you look so much…"

In response, Lute-sama made a strange face.
Eh? Did I say something funny?
Grandmother who was watching our exchange decided to help.

"Fufu, Lillina, Lute means nothing bad. Lute, it's Lillina's first time in the Northern Country, so she's uncomfortable with showing her back. There are no dresses in other countries that expose so much skin."

Listening to grandmother, 'I messed up' showed on Lute-sama's face.

"S, sorry, Lillinsama, Miss Ange. T, that is, in the Northern Country such dresses are commonplace among n.o.ble women. Exposing their back shows off their trained body."

… What's with that.
This large degree of exposure is to show off a trained body.
As far as I can see, it's a country of muscle-brains, in a certain sense I respect them.

"And the reason I was looking at your backs and nodding, is even though your bodies are small, your backs are light yet beautifully trained. As I expected."

It seems he praised us.
I and Ange-san looked at each other, then roughly thanked him.

""Thank you?""

Our doubtful thanks overlapped splendidly.
But certainly, the reason we have to is that we'd be conspicuous if we were to attend in our usual dresses.
We have to endure the embarra.s.sment.
By the way, since a while ago, Allen-kun and Sasuke-san haven't said anything.
Ange-san, who was curious about their state, spoke to Allen-kun first.

'Hey, Allen. You should go to Lillinoneesama and praise her. Are you okay with losing to Lute-sama?'

'If, if it was so easy, I'd go right away! But… it's impossible. It's a walking weapon. I can only think of it as a dedicated walking weapon. Suddenly seeing the back is… dangerous? And there's also a cut in the skirt? What, are they trying to kill me?'

'Certainly, that killing ability is amazing. Even for a woman like me, it poses a risk of stealing my focus. But, think carefully! When she goes to a party like this, won't a lot more men will see such Lillinoneesama's appearance? If you don't get used to it now, I won't be able to help you at the venue!'

Because I couldn't hear the serious conversation between Allen-kun and Ange-san well, I spoke to Sasuke-san.

"Sasuke-san, you've been silent all this time, what happened?"

"Hm? Ah, err… it suits, you?"

Is that a compliment? What a questionable manner of saying it.